Annual Report 2019 MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL Vision and Purpose 2019 MAF INTERNATIONAL IN NUMBERS ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Vision: Purpose: 62 To see isolated people To share God’s love Aircraft physically and spiritually through aviation transformed in Christ’s name and technology 660 destinations MAF Key Facts Mission Aviation Fellowship is a family of 1,446 international Christian organisations whose organisations mission is to use light aircraft, and other SERVED technologies, to bring help and hope to people in some of the world’s poorest communities. Every five minutes a MAF aircraft takes off or 574 lands somewhere in the world transporting staff people who live in remote communities, and assisting missions, churches, aid and development agencies, and other groups to 19,525 share the love of God. hours flown MAF International oversees programmes in Arnhem Land km in Australia, Bangladesh, Chad, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, 3,857,571 Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, South Sudan, flown Tanzania, Timor-Leste and Uganda. Other members of the MAF family include MAF Canada and MAF-US, and various MAF Affiliates. They also run a number of programmes Every five minutes a MAF aircraft takes off or lands 80,242 around the globe. passengers somewhere in the world transporting people who live in transported The life-changing work we enable would not be possible remote communities, and assisting missions, churches, aid and without the dedicated support – people, finances and kg prayer - provided by our resourcing groups in Australia, development agencies, and other groups to share the love of God 2,268,581 Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the OF cargo transported Philippines, South Africa, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the US. MAF’s amphibious caravan moored at a remote at moored MAF’s amphibious caravan in Bangladesh. Credit: Adam Dickens location 885 medical evacuation FLIGHTS

MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 3 None We A MESSAGE Peter Curtis of this would could not do from the Board Chair and CEO Chairman be possible this without without the you ... There Board Chair Message We also said farewell to John Quin after talented nine years as Chair of MAF International. are many MAF’s calling to reach remote people, John provided wisdom and leadership to service and the organisation, uniting us around our cut off from essential resources because other places vision to see isolated people transformed in sacrifice of of geographical barriers, conflict, natural Christ’s name. We wish him and Eileen a which need disasters or dangerous overland travel happy and well-deserved retirement. our dedicated continued during 2019. A young Maasai woman watches preparations for the Malambo evangelistic safari. the help and Credit: Jean Bizimana As we look to the post-COVID future, we staff in all our We are grateful that through the support of our know the need for our services will only programmes hope that our donors, we were able to fly 19,525 hours to 660 increase. We extend a debt of gratitude to destinations - delivering help, hope and healing our resourcing groups and donors, who and CEO Message We also value the many partners we have airplanes to people living in isolation and poverty. have faithfully enabled our work. We look to in the countries where we serve, who are our supporters and partners to walk beside offices In these pages you will read stories and working to provide medical care, bring relief, bring enable development, and address spiritual We continued the work with our partners to us again, to help raise the critical resources, statistics that attempt to convey what enable the delivery of medical aid, the needs. We take great joy in enabling so we may do more in 2020 and beyond. was accomplished by MAF International connection of communities to critical services, expansion in the scope of their work. the provision of spiritual support, and the in 2019. development of infrastructure such as airstrips Final deliveries of relief supplies a year after the devastating earthquake. After 19 years of serving the people of and aircraft hangers. None of this would be Credit: Mandy Glass These vignettes express only a small portion of Mongolia, we took the decision to close our possible without the talented service and the overall impact, but they do not express the activity in this country. While it was painful, sacrifice of our dedicated staff in all our emotions behind them: the worry as a loved- as we had many wonderful relationships, we programmes and offices. one is placed into our airplane and taken to could celebrate the significant spiritual and hospital; the joyous chatter of children as physical changes we witnessed over these To further enable our activities, we were pleased textbooks and teachers arrive in their village; the years. We are so very grateful to have played to purchase a new Cessna 208 to facilitate hope and life which spring forth as spiritual truth a part. more work in South Sudan. We also completed takes root. We hope these pages enable at least Dave Fyock the fleet reorganisation in Papua New Guinea a taste of what our staff experience daily. As we conclude this decade, we look CEO to a single aircraft type. Our flight training forward to what the next one has in store. capabilities in Mareeba, Australia, have been We are immensely grateful for the many donors There are many other places which need expanded, where for the first time we were who contribute to our work. Your partnership the help and hope that our airplanes bring. certified to train Papua New Guinean pilots. enables us to build houses, hangars, and We will seek to reach more places and more airstrips, as well as purchase needed tools such people, having even more impact, as we as airplanes and vehicles. It also provides reach a world in need. funding to subsidise flights. We could not do this without you.

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WHERE WE WORK PROGRAMMES & RESOURCING GROUPS

MAFI Resourcing Groups • AUSTRALIA • DENMARK • FINLAND • FRANCE • GERMANY • INDIA • ITALY Other MAF MAFI • MALAYSIA • NETHERLANDS Programmes Programmes • NEW ZEALAND • ANGOLA • ARNHEM LAND • NORWAY • BRAZIL • BANGLADESH • PHILIPPINES • DEMOCRATIC • CHAD • SINGAPORE REPUBLIC • KENYA • SOUTH AFRICA OF CONGO • LIBERIA • SWEDEN • ECUADOR • MADAGASCAR • SWITZERLAND • GUATEMALA • MONGOLIA • UK • HAITI • MYANMAR • INDONESIA • PAPUA NEW GUINEA Other MAF • LESOTHO • SOUTH SUDAN • MALI • TANZANIA OFFICES • MEXICO • TIMOR-LESTE • CANADA • MOZAMBIQUE • UGANDA • USA • SURINAME MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 7 This Year We’re Overcoming Vast Distances Celebrating... ARNHEM LAND Vast distances between the populated areas of Arnhem Land mean that MAF’s services are vital Overcoming Vast Distances 10 in enabling everyday activities, like shopping and Aircraft attending school, as well as assisting with emergency situations.

In 2019 MAF in Arnhem Land carried out 176 54 medical retrieval flights. In February one flight destinations was for a young child who had been stung by a box jellyfish. The child was flown with her 81 parents to Gove for urgent medical attention. organisations Escaping domestic violence when you live in a flown remote area can be incredibly difficult. MAF is partnering with a local women’s shelter and 39 staff agencies across Arnhem Land that offer a safe 31 international haven to victims of domestic violence. MAF’s 8 national aim is to provide fast, timely emergency Participants in Support the Walk. Credit: Divyan Ahimaz evacuation of these women and their children living in isolated communities across the Northern Territory. In May MAF supported the women’s shelters by providing flights for 3,860 ‘Support the Walk’, an initiative to raise awareness hours flown Arnhem Land covers about domestic violence. MAF staff and families Population of also participated in the 30-kilometre walk. STATS 16,000 97,000 14,103 Supporting the local church is an important part square kilometres passengers of MAF’s work in Arnhem Land. James, a Yolngu transported Christian, flew with MAF to Garrthalala to meet with the church there. In April MAF and Pioneers km brought together around 20 Yolngu Christian Future Plans 662,060 leaders from around Arnhem Land to provide flown discipleship training. Held once a quarter, training In 2020 the programme will restructure has covered subjects such as trauma healing, to streamline operations in Arnhem Land kg critical thinking, belonging and identity. ...with an emphasis on flying to remote What a blessing to see one another, to listen and 9,490 ‘homelands’ communities, and training an engineering apprentice to learn! MAF makes rich opportunities such as this cargo transported possible through the generous subsidy they extend to 176 Divyan Ahimaz us as partners medical retrievals A child stung by jellyfish is flown to Gove to receive urgent medical attention. urgent medical receive A child stung by jellyfish is flown to Gove Credit: Rachel Herweynen, Teaching Principal at the Gäwa Christian School MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 9 This Year We’re BANGLADESH Celebrating... Overcoming Geographical Barriers 1 Aircraft If they save time travelling, The predominance of water is the geographical barrier MAF overcomes 37 then they can get much more time in the field in Bangladesh to facilitate reaching destinations vulnerable communities. to provide treatment to the beneficiaries Cooperation in Development (CO-ID) flew to 58 Dr. Ishtiaq Hossain, southern Bhola Island, where they provide free Friendship Hospital organisations primary school education to around 11,000 flown children. Patrick O’Leary shared, ‘Education gives children a little more choice in their life. Even to be able to just go to the market and 23 staff count your money or read signs is a big 3 international 20 national advantage for anybody.’

Our flights enabled officials to visit USAID’s ECOFISH projects. Bangladeshi fishing communities are highly vulnerable – 304 geographically and socio-economically. A beneficiary of Worldfish’s project is keen to show the eggs her hours flown chicken had produced. Credit: Adam Dickens Working with MAF and WorldFish means that ECOFISH can reach the vulnerable people anywhere in the country and provide proper 812 support for ensuring improved resilience of passengers fishing communities in Bangladesh. Projects transported include livelihood diversification for fishermen, 62% 0.53 such as livestock management. km live in physicians/1,000 64,470 STATS rural areas population During 2019 MAF flew several foreign surgical flown teams to work on Friendship’s floating hospital. These specialists provided services, including reconstructive and gynaecological surgery for people living in hard to reach places. Dr. Ishtiaq 1 medical Future Plans Hossain shared, ‘The impact is really, really evacuation flight significant because, when foreign surgical a new Country Director will take over teams come for nine or ten days, travelling from Dhaka to here, they lose two days leading the programme in June 2020 coming and returning. With MAF, we don’t The new aircraft delivered to the programme have to lose any time …MAF brings them to the

will start operations in the second half of the hospital within 50 minutes …and that way they Caption: MAF’s amphibious aircraft moored during a visit to Friendship’s Floating Hospital. year can see more patients.’ Credit: Adam Dickens MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 11 staying connected INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IT products and services are essential to MAF. Without reliable systems we cannot book flights, maintain aircraft, invoice customers, manage IMPROVING CONNECTION facilities, manage safety systems, communicate with supporters, and much more. MAF International’s IT staff work with some unusual IT products challenges and therefore need to be inventive and creative in finding solutions that work.

and services Today, many technical solutions have an increasing reliance on the internet and cloud- are essential based technologies, however MAF rarely works Setting up a new Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to provide pilots with in places with sufficient internet speeds to electronic in-flight information. Credit: Chris Pickard to MAF. support these products. The locations where MAF operates, and the type of flying we do means that ‘off the shelf’ products for flight Without bookings and aircraft maintenance systems rarely suit our requirements. The IT team reliable develop software specifically for MAF, which allows our teams around the world to operate systems we effectively and efficiently, even in places with poor connectivity. Both our flight scheduling software and our aircraft maintenance software cannot book have been developed and supported by our IT staff, along with other applications such as our flights... and safety system, that are also heavily adapted to meet our requirements. much morE Chad Flight Operations Assistant Denis Kouladoumbaye. Our IT Infrastructure team work hard in setting Credit: Katie Machell up and supporting the computer network and hardware across all locations; keeping the systems working, making sure they are secure and meeting the needs of the organisation. In 2019 the team expanded and were focussed on ensuring MAF’s IT provision has the right level of protection, proactively improving reliability and supportability across our operations, while at the same time ensuring our staff have the technical tools to carry out their day-to-day activities. Assisting passengers with flight invoices in Liberia. Credit: Katie Machell

Working on the pilot roster, Arnhem Land Operations Manager Stephen Kempsell likens it to completing a complex puzzle with 5 interdependent and moving pieces - pilots, aircraft, maintenance, bases, flights. Credit: Divyan Ahimaz MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 13 This Year We’re CHAD Celebrating... Overcoming Vast Distances 2 Aircraft

New airstrips open up the possibility for community transformation. In March 2019, 28 after villagers worked hard to clear an extra destinations 500 metres, MAF re-opened the old airstrip in Koblagué. 39 This year the annual ‘tournée médicale’ organisations (medical tour) focused on southern Chad. Welcoming crowd for Pilot Phil Henderson after the first landing of an flown aircraft in Koblagué for 12 years. Credit: Phil Henderson The plane was based at Chageen, with easy access by air to the other six destinations. Working with local church partners, a doctor 20 staff and an administrator were flown to the remote 4 international 16 national locations over the course of a week. Over 100 people in Koblagué received medical care, ‘which definitely had a big impact,’ reported pilot Becki Dillingham. In Chageen itself, the resident health worker benefited from further 462 Welcoming crowd for Pilot Phil Henderson after the first landing of an training with the doctor. aircraft in Koblagué for 12 years. Credit: Phil Henderson hours flown In the far north, flying included transporting urgently needed IV fluid for a gunshot patient 608 in Bardaï. The scheduled flight was already passengers 88% Only 9% close to its maximum payload, but after the transported of the population removal of two unnecessary passenger seats, of the population four boxes of IV fluid were loaded. Dr. do not have access have access to km to good sanitation Hotchkin reported, ‘The IV fluids were used STATS facilities electricity 106,264 This is the one time straight away. Without them the patient would flown not have survived.’ in the year that ​We flew Handicap Sante to assist people at 4,881 kg Future Plans Hopital de la Paix in Moundou. The visiting plastic surgery team of six were delighted with cargo transported the doctor flies in WE WILL STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS MAF, and shared, ‘We have experimented with WITH PARTNER ORGANISATIONS MINISTERING all types of transport! The road is always very difficult, whether by car or by bus.’ IN THE EAST OF THE COUNTRY 2 Pilot Becky Dillingham medical evacuation The number of missionary families has increased MAF also provided flight support for Global Flights significantly in the last three years. We are discussing Aid International (GAiN) working with local A pilot’s overnight stay in Bardai involves sleeping under the stars in a mosquito net suspended from the wing of the plane. how MAF can add value to their work churches to provide clean water in rural areas. Credit: Phil Henderson MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 15 This Year We’re Celebrating... Long-term commitment KENYA 60 Years MAF Kenya celebrated its 60th anniversary in of serving in kenya 2019. ‘It gives me great pleasure to join you to celebrate what God has done through MAF,’ Long-term commitment shared KCAA* Director General Captain Gilbert Kibe. ‘At KCAA we are proud of MAF. You guys 3 have done a good job.’ Senator Rev Naomi Aircraft Waqo also attended, sharing ‘We have people spreading the Gospel, especially in the unreached areas. Let’s make it easy for them Annet and Caroline, MAF Kenya staff, at the 60th anniversary celebrations. 64 to hear the word of God. I thank MAF for the Credit: Stephanie Gidney destinations 60 years that you have served in this country and beyond.’

Flying in 2019 included transporting Meshack, 211 the victim of a savage school shooting, to organisations Nairobi for the fitting of his new prosthetic limb. flown Charles Kabogoza, of Gospel Light Children’s My prayer is that you Ministry, flew to Korr, where he used the Jesus 43 staff Film, shared Bible stories and used sports 9 international Recipients with books distributed by Gospel Light Children’s Ministries. continue with the 34 national activities to minister among the Rendille. Credit: Mussa Uwitonze mission you are doing One Child Matters flew to Elelea to provide holistic care for children and adults, including through aviation, provision of vitamins and deworming for More than children with nutritional deficiencies. Child safety 70% 1,225 of the population in fellowship with screening identified children at risk of abuse and 40% hours flown of Kenyans are do not have access a local child advocate will follow-up with them. STATS under the age of 15 to good sanitation believers and others, Patients also received spiritual input, and pastoral facilities to spread the Gospel 2,951 staff provided training to local ministry leaders. passengers In support of The Agape Fellowship, Jesus transported of Christ in a useful Harvesters Ministry flew to Kisumu. In Chavakali Future Plans the team dedicated a new Agape church. and helpful way while km They funded 470 mattresses for widows, The programme will continue serving the 299,542 provided food for orphans, hosted a free you’re saving lives. To flown mission activities... in the arid areas of north medical clinic, and also ministered in a and east Kenya, partner with medical missions God be the glory women’s prison in Kakamega. like Cure International, and increase its focus kg on developing partnerships 21,436 *Kenya Civil Aviation Authority KCAA Director General Captain Gilbert Kibe cargo transported

Meshack and his mother arriving at Wilson Airport, Nairobi, to get a prosthetic leg, crutches and a wheelchair. Credit: Thorkild Jørgensen MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 17 This Year We’re LIBERIA Celebrating... Overcoming Poor Infrastructure 1 Aircraft

Demand for our flights was high during 2019. Passengers included staff of the Evangelical 17 Church of Liberia (ECOL) flying to the most destinations Without MAF, I’m not northerly part of Liberia. They had not been able to visit for over two years. It was an quite sure whether opportunity to encourage believers and 161 investigate training needs of rural pastors. organisations we could have some flown Mercy Ships International flew to Harper to visit of our projects J.J. Dossen Hospital, the only referral hospital in southeast Liberia. The trip was to assess the 6 staff running, especially healthcare system in preparation for their 4 international 2 national hospital ship’s arrival in 2020. ‘Flying with MAF during the rainy allowed us to save on travel time and expenses,’ shared the team, ‘contributing to an season increased efficiency and better use of MAF team member Margot Biggs works as a nurse at ELWA Hospital. resources.’ Later in the year we flew a 740 Credit: Katie Machell consignment of windows for the newly- hours flown Jacob Tweh refurbished laboratory at the hospital, Wild Chimpanzee Foundation a joint project between GIZ and Partners in Health (PIH). Work also included renovating 3,730 the bio-medical workshop, where vital hospital passengers 54% 6% equipment is repaired and maintained. PIH fly transported of roads are paved each week with MAF Liberia, moving staff, patients and freight. of the population km km live below the 657 paved out STATS of 10,600km 182,481 poverty line MAF flew personnel and resources to Zwedru flown for the Wild Chimpanzee Foundation (WCF). WCF is working to promote conservation and kg introduced fish farming as an alternative 25,394 Future Plans source of livelihood for isolated communities. Jacob Tweh shared, ‘In Liberia, we have bad cargo transported We are looking to fill staff vacancies roads. Most of the communities we work in are very isolated, and getting materials there and increase our capacity in 2020 has always been a problem for us.’ A second plane will be positioned in the programme 2 medical evacuation to meet the increasing need for our services in 2019 also saw the beginning of construction Flights the country. This will also help with the set up of our new hangar at James Spriggs Payne Overland travel is challenging across Liberia. and support of a new programme in Guinea Airport, Monrovia. Credit: Katie Machell MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 19 This Year We’re Saving Precious Time Celebrating... MADAGASCAR Flying in 2019 included transportation of thousands of vaccines and syringes Saving Precious Time 3 for distribution to several isolated villages to help Aircraft prevent further spread of the measles outbreak in Madagascar. Vaccines need to be kept cold, so long distances and poor road conditions prevent 52 timely overland transportation. destinations We did a medevac flight for a six year old boy Bible translation into one of Madagascar’s languages. who had a piece of wood stuck in his throat. Credit: Mark & Kelly Hewes Thankfully there was a hole in the piece of 87 wood, so he could still breath. Hospital staff organisations successfully removed the obstruction. Another flown medevac flight was for a boy who fell from a mango tree. His arm was severely damaged 28 staff and required surgery. 4 international 24 national MAF flew several teams of Malagasy Bible MAF delivers measles vaccinations to isolated villages. translators from all over Madagascar to work Credit: Charlotte Pedersen together with Bible translation consultants. In 2019 they started work in eight new Malagasy dialects. Leoni Bouwer, leader of MAF always tries to 920 the Bible Translation network in Madagascar, hours flown explained that many Malagasy people think 88% 71% find how they can they have to learn another language to of the population do not have access of the population become Christians. ‘Hearing and reading to good sanitation live below the best help us shorten 2,476 God’s Word in their own language, they say STATS facilities poverty line passengers “God speaks our language?! Can we really the distances our transported address God in our own language?”’

translator colleagues km Malagasy evangelists Jean and Rado flew to 206,589 Nosy Varika. Jean shared, ‘I always wanted to Future Plans have to travel. We flown go to this town to evangelise but it was A SECOND C182 WILL ENABLE US TO SERVE LOCAL are very grateful for impossible, since the road is impassable in rainy 24,731kg weather, and during the dry season it takes three CHURCHES MORE EFFECTIVELY and dependent on this days from Antananarivo to reach this city. Thanks It will also continue providing a service via the to MAF, we did it in a little over an hour. After our medical outreach safaris in partnership with a support from MAF cargo transported visit, a new church opened.’ number of medical agencies in the country

Leoni Bouwer, Bible Translation Network, Madagascar 53 medical evacuation flights Medevac flight for a young boy with a piece of wood stuck in his throat. Credit: Charlotte Pedersen MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 21 One of ENGINEERING the things I love MAINTAINING EXCELLENCE about being a MAF engineer is there is no Maintaining excellence such thing as a Our engineers are essential to MAF and standard day. without their expertise and dedication our aircraft cannot fly. An engineer’s work is You may arrive often unseen, but it lies at the very centre of a complex machine that enables us to fly in the hangar help, hope and healing to those in isolation and everything and need. seems normal, MAF’s engineering teams around the world work on our aircraft to make sure they are in then everything the best condition to serve isolated people. changes as you They often travel to other programmes to assist with inspections and troubleshoot adapt to the problems that have grounded aircraft. Engineers flew out to Adjumani, Uganda, to tackle a flat tyre. Credit: Dave Forney needs of the Engineers sometimes have to fly to the rescue of a pilot at a remote airstrip. In August, Pilot day. Be that Lungpinglak Domtta experienced a flat tyre Kenyan aircraft engineer Florence Odero conducts routine maintenance rescheduling on MAF Chad’s two aircraft. Credit: Timothy Webb after landing the C206 aircraft at an airstrip in Northern Uganda. MAF engineer Dave the planned Waterman and engineering intern Daniel Gransmaa flew up to Adjumani to change the maintenance or tyre and carry out some checks so that flying up to an Lungpinglak was able to carry on with his flight schedule for the day. airstrip in the

With a worldwide shortage of engineers in north of the aviation industry, in 2019 MAF launched an apprenticeship scheme to help those the country wanting to be MAF engineers to train and to fix gain practical experience. a flat

Dave Waterman, Africa Regional Avionics The engineering team in Mareeba unload VH-MTR from its shipping container. Credit: Amanda McCall Manager MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 23 This Year We’re Enabling Access Celebrating... MONGOLIA This final year of MAF’s flying in Mongolia, as Blue Sky Aviation (BSA), included support for Enabling Access 19 Years long-standing partners as well as some new of serving in Mongolia ones like Interplast. Medical flights enabled patients to gain access to the medical facilities in Ulaanbaatar. Cases included strokes, a liver 1 complication, road traffic injuries, a premature baby, broken limbs, and a heart attack. Aircraft

We flew Nurses Heart to Heart to provide A medevac with two patients - a girl with a head trauma and training to medical professionals, soldiers and a premature baby. Credit: Roy Rissanen 36 rescue personnel. At Kharkhorin, they trained destinations approximately 90 attendees, demonstrating how to properly administer cardiac-pulmonary resuscitation to both adult and infant patients. 16 For most of the participants it was the very first time to physically learn and practice organisations using manikins. flown The Finnish Lutheran Overseas Mission (FLOM)

supports the Mongolian Lutheran Church in Nurses Heart to Heart conduct CPR training with army 14 staff their ministries in Tsetserleg, Arhangai province. personnel. Credit: Roy Rissanen 1 international 13 national This includes an interfaith discipleship school for new believers, and microenterprise projects to help single mothers develop new skills, such as sewing and tailoring. We transported FLOM representatives to monitor project activities 90% 268 in Tsetserleg. of the roads in hours flown Mongolia are 2 PEOPLE We also flew a medical team from Interplast to STATS unpaved per square kilometre the South Gobi city of Dalanzadgad for a five day Flying with BSA saved us so much 513 surgical visit. Partnering with local organisations, time. Cutting the travel time gave us passengers Interplast provides surgical services - primarily to transported treat cleft lip and palates, and burn scar tissue 19 years of service an opportunity to visit some of the which can restrict movement of the injured area km - to those who cannot afford or access it. They In 2020 our time in Mongolia will come 61,542 also help build capacity of local health care project beneficiaries’ homes, talk to flown systems through training and mentoring to an end after 19 years programs. The team assessed 50 children with them face to face, and receive first- burns in the first two days. hand information and feedback 2,701 kg

Mr. Juri Veikkola, cargo transported Caption: Preparing the aircraft in unexpected snow. Credit: Roy Rissanen FLOM Development Cooperation Coordinator MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 25 This Year We’re MYANMAR Celebrating... construction Hope for the future 2 shifts covering 22 hours a day Construction of Lailenpi airstrip in Chin State began in 2019. The official ground-breaking ceremony took place on 4th May. In his 70 ceremonial speech, H.E Salai Lian Luai, Chief potential flight destinations mapped Minister of Chin State said: ‘The Chin State Government appreciate and welcome heartily MAF’s assistance on this project. Once the Lailenpi airstrip is finished and the flight 165 operation starts, travelling into this area will prospective flight The Lailenpi airstrip will play partners identified be much easier and this airstrip will be very an important role for many important to us.’ 2 staff Located next to Mara Gospel Centenary 1 international purposes, especially to commute Mountain, work has progressed well in 2019. 1 national During the rainy season steady progress was quicker to and from communities made on excavating the site and once the rains ended more equipment was brought in. within and beyond Chin State Ground breaking celebration on the 4th May. By the end of the year the daily excavation rate The Director General of Credit: Deeram Khong 33% was equivalent to moving 5,600 tonnes of of airstrip Department of Civil Aviation, U Min Lwin rock and soil. completed Construction Manager Terry Fahey (left), on site with one of the construction team. Credit: Deeram Khong Rev Haidau, one of the community elders, shared: ‘The Lailenpi Airstrip is a very wonderful 5,600 48% 78% miracle. This airstrip will be incredibly beneficial tonnes for the people of this region, especially the of the country of roads are UNpaved daily peak rate is covered in 122,300km out Mara. I am very thankful for that. In the past, of earth and rock STATS forest of 157,000km when there was a medical emergency it took excavated about 10 days to arrive at the big hospitals. Now we know that it will only be about 90 400,000 Honouring Captain Tin minutes from Lailenpi to Yangon, or even less if we go to Mandalay.’ tonnes On the 19th September our MAF Myanmar Captain Tin, a gentleman of compassion Future Plans earth and rock Chief Operating Officer, Captain Tin, passed towards those most in need, was well- excavated during 2019 away in Yangon hospital following a chronic respected in the aviation industry and beyond. We are excited that the Lailenpi airstrip construction illness. His outstanding contribution to the He will be deeply missed by us as a dear friend will near completion in 2020, 6 vehicles Captain Tin development of the MAF Myanmar and professional colleague. Our thoughts and mobilized MAF Myanmar programme and Lailenpi airstrip will endure. prayers are with his family. enabling future air access to this remote Chief Operations Officer area of Myanmar even during the rainy season when roads close MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 27 This Year We’re Overcoming Isolation Celebrating... PAPUA NEW During 2019 the programme transitioned to a Cessna 208 fleet, simplifying the necessary 9 pilot training to serve in PNG, and introducing GUINEA Aircraft efficiencies in other areas too. 2019 flights included charters by Care Overcoming Isolation International taking food supplies, tools and 213 sanitary items into Walagu and Dodomona, destinations as well as staff members who continue to Dental outreach in Mougulu. train people in various topics, like hygiene Credit: Dr. Kaspar Puli 107 and sanitation. organisations In February we completed the last of 284 flown disaster response flights, across 12 months, into the region hit by an earthquake a year earlier. In 134 staff May several flights flew supplies for various 35 international schools in remote locations. Exercise books, 99 national folders, glue, erasers, pencils and crayons, games, modelling clay, sports equipment and Delivery of food supplies. first aid kits were just a few of the items packed Credit: Sally Lloyd into cardboard boxes which we delivered to airstrips in the Jimi district. 4,735 hours flown MAF flew Dr Kasper Puli and a colleague to the rural community of Mougulu, to provide dental 839 81% and medical treatment for eight weeks. With no of the population indigenous do not have access 35,988 road to Mougulu, the only access is by plane languages are to good sanitation The support that MAF gives passengers - the nearest town being a seven-day walk away. STATS spoken facilities transported ‘We saw lots of patients with leprosy, malaria, TB, to communities cannot be overstated. pneumonia, elephantiasis. Sadly malnutrition is km very high and you often see kids with big bellies. They service isolated communities and 929,615 Maternal and child health is a great concern.’ flown One patient with an impacted wisdom tooth Future Plans enable them to receive basic building walked for six hours to reach the clinic and have kg it extracted. They also provided health education With the addition of new staff, materials, teachers, health consumables, 1,996,821 for the community, and dental training for the and A new C208 aircraft, resident health worker. we look to serve the remote communities medicine and much more. Without MAF cargo transported of PNG with greater effectiveness we would not have been able to fly into and efficiency 210 Mougulu and do the work we did medical evacuation Flights Delivering school supplies to Kol. Dr Kaspar Puli Credit: Mandy Glass MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 29 This Year We’re SOUTH SUDAN Celebrating... Overcoming Insecurity 6 Aircraft

In 2019 we flew a team of specialists to provide training for ACTED’s field staff working 74 to improve farming practices. Between classes destinations both teachers and participants, armed with hoes, dug a long ditch through the compound to harvest rainwater. 219 organisations e3 Partners frequently flies with MAF to equip flown and support local missionaries and evangelists We are so grateful to MAF that working among the Toposa people. Bible story groups have been established by teaching 49 staff they facilitate us when we need literate Christians to become oral trainers. 12 international 37 national Seventy-four Bible stories have now been to travel,” Sabet says. “The translated by these young leaders and recorded for use on audio devices. Moreover, north-western weekly shuttle 17 songs have been composed by the Toposa who are used to singing for their cows, to help 2,298 is a huge blessing. Before we had e3 Partners teaching at Kapoeta Baptist Church. them remember the stories. John Wanyonyi hours flown Credit: Thorkild Jorgensen shares, ‘the locals are now taking the gospel to to drive for hours to Wau to get other villages by themselves.’ 8,484 on a commercial flight and that The Peace and Reconciliation Safari Team passengers is always risky, because road Just flew to the Nzara diocese to run a week long transported 93% Peace and Reconciliation workshop for youth. security is really bad and people of the population 2% Forty-seven participants from different km do not have access communities were invited by the ECSS church. to good sanitation of the roads in South 537,152 get ambushed and shot. On top of STATS facilities Sudan are paved The goal was for participants to understand flown God’s heart for the youth, help them find being more secure, we benefit from healing and forgiveness, and then open the kg door to forgiveness and reconciliation 148,260 the fact that it is just so easy to between tribes that have been in conflict. The teaching was designed to be accessible Future Plans cargo transported drive to our local airstrip. It only for both literate and illiterate attendees. In 2020 we plan to increase the capacity takes five minutes of our flight services in South Sudan 62 In Deed and Truth Ministries The addition of two C208 aircraft to our fleet, medical evacuation Flights and the need to construct additional housing at Sabet Kuj at the airstrip in Tonj. our compound, will help facilitate this increase Credit: Thorkild Jørgensen in capacity MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 31 After the War in 1945, our donors OUR DONORS Murray Kendon EO Metterdaad is a long-term supporter sent me a letter of MAF. It is a Dutch Christian broadcasting ALL GIFTS GREAT AND SMALL asking if I would organisation, working through the national public TV and radio system network in the be interested in Netherlands to highlight the humanitarian flying for MAF as needs in the developing world and fundraise for a variety of Christian groups. They have a missionary. That provided over 200,000 Euros of financial letter followed support towards a number of MAF projects me to Malta and in 2019: “We raise funds and support MAF because their aircraft fly to areas where Sam and Sarah David. the UK, before others cannot or dare not come and by Credit: Varghese Philip finally arriving doing that lives are saved.” in New Zealand in Choosing MAF as one of its earliest projects 1946. By that time in 1998, the Lancaster Foundation has it was too late helped us serve isolated people in Africa for and I missed out! many years. In 2019 they gave gifts towards flights in Uganda. “The Foundation has However, right remained committed to supporting MAF’s from its inception aims over the years and we continue to MAF has been enjoy a strong friendship. We have seen with our own eyes the hardship the people of “number one” in Africa face and we count it a privilege to my giving towards help MAF and its partners deliver change.” missionary Sam and Sarah David, in India, shared: “We Buck and Olwyn Pound. work. Many of are thankful to the Lord for the work of MAF, the pilots have and it has been a privilege to be associated become good with it in our prayers and in our giving. We pray for God’s wisdom and leading in all friends over decisions to be made, that God will keep the years and I each of you safe, and for God’s provision have prayed for for MAF so that you can continue to serve their safety as people in isolated communities.” they flew for MAF in some very A MAF Netherlands open day, where one attraction is a MAF visual challenging reality experience. Credit: MAF Netherlands places

Dedication of the new C208 aircraft for South Sudan in the Netherlands. Buck and Olwyn Credit: MAF Netherlands Pound, New Zealand MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 33 This Year We’re TANZANIA Celebrating... Long-term Partnerships 2 Aircraft

This year marked the 30th anniversary of the Malambo evangelistic safari work, a partnership 31 between the Evangelical Lutheran Church of destinations Tanzania and MAF. Each month our C206 aircraft transports Maasai evangelists to visit with communities dotted across the region. 17 In Merugoi, one of the destinations, Pastor organisations Lazarus, who serves nine small congregations, flown shared, ‘When they come we take them to visit bomas, and other areas, to preach the Gospel. It’s really been a blessing to us since we started 6 staff to receive these evangelists by MAF plane.’ 3 international 3 national Our medical safaris, in collaboration with regional hospitals, transported medical care directly to people living in isolation. In Lesirwai, a community of 350 people in South Maasai 317 Land, the medical team administered Maasai evangelists flew to Piaya, Engaresero and other locations hours flown in October. Credit: Jean Bizimana vaccinations for children and provided prenatal checks for pregnant women. 881 Through MAF Some patients require more help than the passengers mobile clinics can provide. Staying with the transported we are working for 89% 39 million medical teams for the duration of the outreach two days the work people in means pilots can fly out patients who need km Tanzania do not hospital care. Medevac patients included a tiny 59,720 of roads in Tanzania have access to premature baby born at 24 weeks gestation. flown that would otherwise STATS are unpaved electricity Sadly, the baby died a few days later. Pilot take one month to Kirstein Combrink shared, ‘It’s hard to kg understand these things sometimes, but it’s 1,065 cover safe to say the transfer by plane gave this baby the best possible chance of survival. We Future Plans cargo transported showed to the mother and family that we Rev. Isaya Ole-Lee Our second C206 aircraft will have it’s value them.’ (Pastor for Malambo) ensuring greater 7 avionics upgrade in 2020, In addition to our regular flying, we also flew reliability of service for our customers. Services medical evacuation numerous flights to transport dignitaries to the to the Haydom hospital and the Malambo Bible Flights celebratory opening of the secondary school school in partnership with a number of medical Nurse administers vaccinations for babies on the South Maasai medical safari. built by Help for the Maasai. Credit: Jean Bizimana missions will continue MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 35 This Year We’re Enabling Communication Celebrating... TECHNOLOGY In 2019 we installed an HF radio for the people of Biaidi. This radio is an answer to prayer for 331 pastor Jinga and his family. Lukas Schadegg SERVICES PNG shared, ‘As I arrived at the village to install the HF pastors trained in radio, the pastor’s wife started to cry, as finally basic computer skills the so hoped for communication had arrived in Enabling Communication their community. Now they will be able to share 24 staff their hardships and prayer points with other 1 international Christians and get the moral support they have Having reliable 23 national so longed for.’

solar power in a At Wycliffe Association’s two week Bible Translation Training our staff saw pastors who remote and isolated had participated in their 2018 basic computer 1,499 training course. Pastor Sweki Munto, the oldest community is very HF radio of the pastors, was applying the skills he had calls received learnt to help with translations for the Tok Pisin Assemblies of God Bible School at Wingie, East Sepik Province. important and can Bible. Technology Services is also providing Credit: Caine Ruruk assistance with the translation work through even save lives 6,947 the provision and technical support of solar- Bibles distributed powered tablets and laptops. Sally Lloyd Hoey The audio Bible project continues to impact Just 2% 77% of 4,493 lives. Originally intended to bring the Word of of the population the population do have a fixed not have access audio Bibles God to those who are illiterate, Accounts landline to electricity distributed Manager Sussan Siwi’s recent interaction with STATS friends and family highlighted its value for people with busy work schedules in the town too. When 225 she introduced it to a friend ‘he played it to its medical evacuations loudest volume and would not put it down.... he arranged is happily carrying the audio Bible around and Future Plans playing it on loud speaker.’ 2020 will see delivery and implementation Technology Services also provides a critical of numerous 240V solar power systems communication link between remote to health centres and community schools, communities and MAF flight operations when providing isolated people with first time access patients require medical transfer to hospital. to electricity Fourteen year old Alima was one such case. She had accidentally chopped off three of her toes and lost a lot of blood as a result.

A solar-powered remote radio installation for a church. Credit: Lukas Schadegg MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 37 This Year We’re TIMOR-LESTE Celebrating... Enabling Access to Medical Services 2 Aircraft It is now the season of easterly winds which Medical evacuation flights are a large part of means the sea is rough, but it does not mean that our flying in Timor-Leste, in support of the 11 Ministry of Health, alongside charter flights for destinations WorldFish will stop working on Atauro Island. MAF partner organisations. The need for a medevac arises at short notice. Flexibility is essential, as helped us with transportation so that our work proven on the 24th April, which began with only two booked charter flights. 24 organisations plans went smoothly. MAF’s existence in Timor- flown Starting early, pilot Jason Job flew to Same Leste is really helpful for those in need to collect staff from The Asia Foundation. The second charter was to Maliana for the Health 7 staff Inacia Teme of WorldFish Transport Team, a group of mechanics who 4 international maintain ambulances. Both partner 3 national organisations frequently fly with MAF.

As Jason was preparing for the second flight a medevac was requested from Oecusse for a young girl with renal failure. Jason delivered 527 Mothers and babies attend a medical centre. the mechanics to Maliana en route to hours flown Credit: Kim Job Oecusse. Awaiting the girl’s arrival, Jason received another call for a medevac from Los Palos for a woman experiencing birthing 1,961 complications. Completing the first medevac, passengers the second medevac was initiated. transported 40% of the Jason still needed to return to Maliana to pick km population 1 doctor up the mechanics. However, upon arriving in 87,526 are under the age Dili from Los Palos, a third medevac request STATS per 12,500 people flown of 14 was received, this time from Same. A patient was seriously ill with suspected hepatitis B and pneumonia. It took a little over an hour to fly to Same, collect the patient and return. 346 Future Plans medical evacuation Having completed the third medevac, Jason Flights was airborne again to collect the ambulance A renewed agreement with the mechanics, detouring to avoid a storm on Timor-Leste Government the way. will enable us to continue to provide reliable In those twelve hours Jason had flown ten and timely medevac flights for isolated sectors and carried 19 passengers, three of One pilot and one plane made a big difference in Timor-Leste in one day. Timorese people whom were medical evacuations. Credit: Stephen Bentley MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 39 This Year We’re Overcoming Trauma Celebrating... UGANDA In 2019 MAF Uganda flew 426 organisations working in Uganda, South Sudan and the Overcoming Trauma 5 Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Aircraft The directors of Nguvu Dairy fly regularly with MAF to manage their operations. Their 90 employees are all dairy farmers. With four 43 distribution sites in Gulu, Lira, Kitgum and Anaka, destinations Arthur providing training. they produce dairy-based products such as Credit: Arthur Magezi yoghurt and butter. 70% of their staff have complex traumas. The organisation runs the 426 Bible Society’s 16 week Trauma Counselling organisations Course to help staff in the process of healing. flown In September we flew Nick and Ruth Davis who 68 staff are involved with “Red Community,” a Christian 18 international charity set up to help survivors of sex trafficking 50 national and slavery and “Manumit” (which means to release from slavery), a coffee roasting company set up to provide employment, support and Caption: Yoghurt produced by the Nguvu Dairy. training for the survivors. In seeking to ensure Credit: Courtesy of Nguvu Dairy a slavery free supply chain ‘from the bean to 2,809 the cup,’ they connected with Zukuka Bora, a hours flown coffee growing company on Mount Elgon run with a Christian ethical ethos. The partnership is benefitting vulnerable people in both The average age of the Ugandan of 7,735 Uganda and Wales. Ruth, a nurse, was also 80% population is the population do passengers investigating possibilities for a leadership not have access transported development project. STATS 15 to electricity We only had a week 660,610 km Heading into east DRC, Arthur Magezi of Christ to have meetings in Transformation Ministries was invited to help flown train pastors. ‘I haven’t been able to enter Congo Kampala, Mbale and since last year when everything was closed [due Future Plans kg to Ebola]. I’ve heard the road is very bad. This Soroti. It wouldn’t be 33,802 year I’m offering training on Marriage The programme will continue to seek Counselling.’ Arthur’s motivation: ‘I love bringing opportunities to reach into remote cargo transported people to Christ and seeing churches grow. possible to do all of communities, and in particular the nearby We go to villages where there aren’t churches. Ssese Islands that without flying We train someone and then watch churches 5 become established’. Ruth Davis medical evacuation Flights Nick and Ruth (right) take the MAF plane to visit a coffee project in Mount Elgon. Credit: Dave Forney MAFI ANNUAL REPORT 2019 41 MAF FLEET FINANCIAL International is funded Aircraft 4 primarily Cessna 172 REPORT 2019 through MAF PNG now has an operational Redbird Simulator for Caravan training. Training for the future our MAF Credit: Mandy Glass 6 In 2019 a new C208B aircraft Cessna 182 2% Resourcing began operating in South Sudan Income US$ Groups from and another will be added in 2020. 5 Flying activities 12,870,000 37% 37% around the These new aircraft increase the fleet and our Cessna 206 capacity to serve our partners. A new flight Other mission activities 1,640,000 5% Income world. simulator arrived in Papua New Guinea in Donations received 19,865,000 56% 56% US$ 2019, giving pilots the opportunity to train in 12 Interest and other income 673,000 2% new ways. Another new flight simulator will Cessna 208 Total 35,048,000 100% We deeply be installed at the Mareeba Flight Training 5% Centre in early 2020, improving our facilities value our for pilot training. 14 partnership Cessna 208B with them Expenditure US$ 6% 1% and their 3% 2 supporters’ Cessna 208 Flying and other mission activities 12,111,000 34% 5 2 17 (amphibious) Staff costs 14,158,000 39% 17% 34% contribution Other field expenses 6,285,000 17% Cessna 206 DHC-6-300 Twin Otter GA8 Airvan Expenditure to the ministry Support office costs 1,062,000 3% US$ 17 Grants 2,013,000 6% of MAF remains GA8 Airvan Raising funds 383,000 1% vital. Total 36,012,000 100% 2 39% DHC-6-300 2 12 6 Twin Otter Cessna 208 (Amphibious) Cessna 208 Cessna 182

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Front cover: MAF’s Grand Caravan 5Y-MAG, which serves in South Sudan and Kenya, ready for take-off from Lokori, Kenya Credit: Samuel Pagel